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More about Confidence Intervals

Question 8 • CA-Statistics and Probability B

What can be done to decrease the margin of error? Check all that apply.

Answer
A
Increase the sample size.
B
Increase the confidence level.
C
Select another sample.
D
Decrease the sample size.
E
Decrease the confidence level.
F
Select many samples of the same size and calculate the intervals.

Explanation

The margin of error gets smaller when the sample size increases, because a larger sample gives a more precise estimate. It also gets smaller when the confidence level decreases, because a lower confidence level uses a smaller critical value. Selecting a different sample or calculating intervals from many samples does not, by itself, decrease the margin of error.

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